Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [HL]

My Lords, I will speak to the amendments tabled in my name and in that of my noble friend Lady Kr...

My Lords, I support the thought process behind the amendment of the noble and learned Lord, Lord ...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for introducing their respective amendments. I recognise, as I did ...

I hope that the Minister can clarify something. He said that it is important to have access to re...

As I have already indicated—and I will perhaps challenge the noble Baroness—when we take the legi...

I must press the Minister on this. He used the word “allow”. I am sure the Government can do what...

My Lords, once we leave the European Union—and I notice the change in tack from the noble Barones...

It was an error on my part. The more we go into this discussion, the more “if” sounds realistic.<...

The noble Baroness knows how much I care for the accuracy of Hansard. She has clarified that.

The Minister said that the reason this is done in regulations is because telling a bank how to do...

I understand the point the noble Baroness makes, but it is not about—to use her term—the excrucia...

I concede that maybe we should have said “be at least as strict as”, but there is nothing in the ...

I thank the noble Baroness for acknowledging the actions that this Government have taken and—I am...

My Lords, there are a lot of regulations going on here that interact with one another. Will they ...

My Lords, I am sure that the noble Baroness will accept that there are times when it makes sense ...

My Lords, the patience of this side has not been strained by the Minister, who provided a complex...

Moved by

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts

69: After Clause 41, insert the following new...

My Lords, I begin by giving two apologies to the Committee. The first is on behalf of my noble fr...

My Lords, I have only a little bit to add on this—you may be relieved to know—because I was prese...

My Lords, I support the amendment. Like the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, I apologise for not having ...

My Lords, I very much support the comments of my noble friend Lord Hodgson. As the Minister knows...

My Lords, everything that can be said has been said brilliantly. I hope that we will get an updat...

My Lords, I note that the Minister was about to stand up but I cannot allow him to jump in so soo...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Hodgson began his remarks by welcoming me as a fresh face to this ...

I am grateful to the Minister and would like to add one point. All these properties have been pur...

That is right. We are certainly not going to shrink from the commitment from the previous Prime M...

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in support of this amendment: the...

Moved by

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

69B: After Clause 41, insert the following ne...

My Lords, this amendment introduces a new corporate criminal offence of failure to prevent money ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow such an expert and impressive speech from the noble Baroness...

My Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Hain for that remarkable and well-researched anal...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, for introducing this amendment; she brings her...

Just for clarification, is the Minister saying that before Report he will be publishing the MoJ’s...

I did say the new year, but I was talking about two different things. That is my fault. The MoJ c...

Can I clarify that the MoJ response to the consultation will not be available before the Bill has...

The new year is the new year. I do not want to prejudge when that response might be. I have said ...

Perhaps I may press the Minister to respond to my request on red flag warnings to the British dom...

The noble Lord, as an experienced Member, will know that when there is an ongoing investigation, ...

I apologise to the Committee for probing this point. I am grateful for the Minister’s response bu...

I am happy to undertake to write to the noble Lord in response.

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his responses to the amendments in my name and that of my nobl...

I would be grateful if the noble Baroness and my noble friend Lord Collins would consider putting...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hain, for his support. It is certainly a matter to which we will ret...

Moved by

Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

69D: After Clause 41, insert the following ne...

My Lords, the amendment is a very probing amendment—a very “proby” probing amendment—and an illus...

My Lords, rising for the second time during Committee, I remind the Committee, as on the previous...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Patten, may be very interested in the next group of amendments, gi...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bowles, for doing this. I have to say that I am growin...

My noble friend Lord Patten said that there was a black list and a grey list, but the Minister is...

My noble friend is right, and I am sorry if I have not been very clear on this. The key point was...

It is extremely important that we have the terminology right. If I have got it wrong, I apologise...

That is a good point.

Can I just be helpful? I am sure that there will be a better note from the Box, but is the correc...

That may indeed be a very helpful intervention from the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer. However, for...

I thank the Minister for his response. As he perhaps imagines, we will return to the issue again....

Moved by

Baroness Stern

69G: After Clause 41, insert the following new Clause—

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My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 69G in my name and those of the noble Baroness, Lady Krame...

My Lords, it is a privilege to support this amendment. I, too, participated in the passage of the...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. I am grateful to her for having r...

My Lords, I declare an interest as vice-chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Cay...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I very much appreciate the...

Before the noble Lord sits down, could he give some comment on the Sewel convention-type points t...

The Opposition’s view, in terms of global economic theft, for want of a better word—the noble Bar...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. In particular I thank the n...

I thank all those who have spoken in support of the amendment and those who have spoken strongly ...